Kings go up 2-0 on Rangers with double overtime victory

LOS ANGELES — Captain Dustin Brown redirected Willie Mitchell‘s shot 10:26 into the second overtime, and the Los Angeles Kings outlasted the New York Rangers 5-4 Saturday night to take a 2-0 lead in the Stanley Cup finals.

Marian Gaborik tied it with 12:24 left in regulation for the Kings, who rallied from another two-goal deficit in their latest exhibition of clutch comeback hockey.

In their third straight overtime game, they traded scoring chances with New York before Mitchell teed up a long shot. Brown deflected it under Henrik Lundqvist‘s glove arm, ending the longest finals game in Rangers history and nearly the longest playoff game in Kings history.

Lundqvist made 39 saves for New York, and Jonathan Quick had 34 for Los Angeles.

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2-0 the other night; 2-0 last night; 4-2. Now? 0-2. The Rangers are choking. Ah, the dreaded two goal lead once again rears its ugly head. Maybe NY should let LA get out to a 2 goal lead.
Some 32 out of 35 teams that have gone up 2-0 at home in the finals have won the Cup. See ya, Blue Shirts…

@4 Don’t rush your National Championship feelings. I think, like RPI, you wouldn’t feel the same again, in maybe your lifetime. Enjoy the moment!
Heck, you might not get to the ECAC finals again in a while!